Mandate

The Canadian Association for Equality is committed to achieving equality for all Canadians, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family status, race, ethnicity, creed, age or disability.

In particular, we are interested in gender equality, that is on achieving equality for all men, women, girls and boys. While we support all efforts at achieving gender equality, we will work for balance and fairness within this societal project by focusing our limited resources on those areas of gender which are understudied in contemporary culture.

This has led us to a current focus on the status, health and well-being of boys and men, where attention, investment and support for educational and social programs stands at a level that is far from equal to the seriousness of the problem, while also being significantly underdeveloped compared to the resources in other important areas of social improvement.

We provide current evidence-based research and balanced information. We also provide opportunities to engage in furthering this cause by participating in discussions, events and family-friendly activities. We sincerely believe the goal of true equality and human rights is best served by conducting inclusive conversations based on facts and evidence, not by promoting ideology or special interest agendas.

1. To advance education by providing classes, workshops, seminars and lectures on gender issues; and

2. To advance education by providing books, equipment, and educational aids to students; and

3. To advance education by maintaining a lending library of literary and multimedia resources accessible to the public; and

4. To advance education by conducting research in gender studies and making the results publicly available.

The Canadian Association for Equality mandate for its Men’s Issues Awareness (MIA) Campaign:

Our focus will be to engage in consciousness-raising, public education and efforts to change public policy. We will engage in critiques of contemporary society as necessary, but our focus shall be on positive activism to advance a healthier society.

Major Areas of Concern

The following are an open list of areas of focus, in no particular order of importance:

* The “Boys Crises” (education, bullying, suicide)
* Workplace issues (eg. workplace safety)
* Men’s health
* Family law and fathers rights
* Men and violence (domestic violence, warfare)
* Crime and punishment/Legal biases against men
* The media’s portrayal of boys, men and fathers
* The stereotyping of boys, men and fathers within academic, social and cultural environments.